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Mary Jacob
Mary was the eldest of AG Joseph Panicker and Sarah Joseph's
children.
She was born in Chengannur, Kerala in
1936 and emigrated with the rest of the then family to Mombasa, Kenya in 1949 where she lived until 1956. She was
educated at the Star of the Sea School - which was then named White Sisters Convent School. Her education was cut short
by a combination of circumstances and she returned temporarily to India in the early 50s' where she lived for a period
with her maternal grandmother.
She returned to Kenya for a while and then left again for India in 1956 and got married
to AO Jacob in 1957.
She had three children - Alice, Roy and Reena - all of whom live in Kerala and five grand children. She died in 1972.
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aTop: Alice with grand-daughter Saira, Kunjumon - Alice's husband, Arun - Alice's son - with his wife
Jinu and Saira
Bottom: Reena and her husband Suresh
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George Joseph (Thambi)
Thambi is the eldest son of AG Joseph Panicker and Sarah Joseph.
He was born in Chengannur, Kerala
in 1939 and also moved to Kenya in 1949.
He was educated at Aga Khan School in Mombasa and later at the Duke of Gloucester
School in Nairobi where he completed his higher school certificate. He then went to Leicester University in England in
1957 where he obtained a BSc in Economics and Statistics. He returned to Kenya in 1961 where he taught Economics and Mathematics
at Allidina Visram High
School in Mombasa. In 1966, he went to Manchester University where he got his PhD in Econometrics. He taught for many years at
as a professor at that university. He later became a barrister at the Middle Temple, London at the age of 60.
He is married to Dr. Leela Joseph and has two children - Rory and Holly, four grand-daughters
Maya, Tabitha, Petra & Zinzi and a grandson, Milo.
He retired in 2000 and he and Leela
spend most
of their time between Bolton, England and Kovalam, Kerala.
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Top Row: Leela, Rory & Hayley, Holly
Second Row: Maya, Tabitha, Petra
Third Row: Rory & girls, Holly & family, Milo
Bottom Row: George & Milo
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Thomas Joseph (Rana)
Rana is the third child and second son of AG Joseph Panicker and
Sarah Joseph. He was born in Madurai,
India in 1946 and also moved to Kenya in 1949.
He was educated at Kaloleni Primary School in Mombasa, a brief stint
at Bishop Cottons School, Bangalore
and then at Allidina Visram High School where he completed his Cambridge School Certificate. He left for England in
1962 where he completed his Chartered Accountancy. He returned to India for 18 months when he was assigned to Hindustan
Lever, Bombay in 1969 by the parent company, Unilever, with whom he was then employed. He emigrated to the US in 1971 where he lived in
a suburb of Chicago
while employed by Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Subsequently he moved to
Nashville, TN, Great Falls, VA and Topanga,
CA during various periods primarily because of career-related relocations. In 1994, he retired after the hospital
management company where he was employed as Senior Vice President and CFO, in Santa Monica, CA was sold. He then moved back to Great Falls,
Virginia where he currently resides most of the time.
He is married to Dr Krishna (Mini) Joseph and has three children - Saira, Neeta and Amit, and four grandchildren - a grandson, DJ, a
granddaughter, Deepali and twin grandsons, Praveen & Prakash.
He and Mini spend most of the
year in the US and the winter months in Ernakulam, Kerala.
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Top row: Mini, Saira, Neeta & Amit
Middle row: DJ, Richard - Saira's husband, Deepali
Bottom row: Prakash & Praveen
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Susan Philip (Fifi)
Fifi is the younger daughter and
fourth child of AG Joseph Panicker and Sarah Joseph.
She was born in
Mombasa, Kenya.
She was educated at the Star of the Sea School in Mombasa and St Teresa's Girls School
in Nairobi. She completed her high school in Bishop Cottons Girls School, Bangalore after her parents had to return
to India owing to her mother's illness. She then went to Fatima College, Madurai where she obtained a BA in English and
subsequently to Madurai University where she was awarded a MA also in English.
Thereafter she taught undergraduates at Lady Doak College in Madurai until her marriage.
After her marriage to Joseph Philip (from the Kanianthra family) in 1975, she lived in Bombay with her husband where she
taught pre-university students after her children commenced school.
She and Jose emigrated to New Zealand in the mid-90s' where she worked as a teacher in Auckland. In 2007, they moved
to Sydney, Australia where she is currently employed as a teacher. In both New Zealand and Australia, she completed
additional courses to enable her to work as a teacher.
She and Jose have two children - Vivek and Vijay.
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Jose, Vivek & Vijay
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Eapen Joseph Panicker (Peter)
Peter is the youngest child of AG Joseph Panicker and
Sarah Joseph.
He was born in Mombasa,
Kenya in 1954 and completed his early education at Buxton Preparatory School in Mombasa and Parkhill School,Nairobi. The
former school's student population was mainly African and the latter was mainly European - part of his mother's
experimentation with integration which is referenced on
Sarah Joseph's page.
He returned to India in 1964 with his parents
when his mother needed treatment for cancer.
He completed his schooling at Loyola School, Trivandrum and then went to Mar Ivanios College where he obtained a BCom
degree. Thereafter for several years he was involved in looking after the property he inherited from his father -
including the original family home which, as the youngest son, he inherited in keeping with Syrian Christian tradition.
In 1990, he emigrated to the US and lived in Great Falls initially and thereafter in Sterling, Virginia after his family
joined him.
He continued his education and training in the US with emphasis on various facets of Information Technology and has been
employed in that field with AOL in the NOC (Network Operating Center) since 1998.
He is married to Susan (Shiny) and they have three children - Sarah, Susannah and Emmy.
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Top Row: Shiny, Sarah, Susannah & Emmy
Bottom Row: Proud father with his three daughters, just the three daughters
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Ashwati Kurian
Ashwati is the elder daughter of AG Joseph Panicker and Theresiamma Joseph.
She was born in Kerala, India
in 1968.
She completed her early education at Nicholson's School, Tiruvalla. She then went on to do her BSc in Mathematics
at CMS College in Kottayam, Kerala. She got married in 1989 to Biju Kurian and moved to Madras, where her husband is employed with MRF,
after her marriage. She is a home-maker and they have two children - Vishal and Joseph.
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Biju, Vishal & Joseph
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Renu Joseph
Renu is the younger daughter of AG Joseph Panicker and Theresiamma Joseph. She was born in Kerala, India
in 1971.
She completed her early education in Nicholson's School in Tiruvalla and then proceeded to BCM College in
Kottayam, Kerala where she completed her BA. She also took several law courses while in Trivandrum.
She now lives in Kalloopara, Kerala with her mother.
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